Aspen Publications presents premier trial and pretrial advocacy books and movies by Berger, Mitchell, and Clark for practitioners and law students as follows:

Trial Advocacy: Planning Analysis & Strategy, Second Edition is completely revised to reflect today’s trial practice. Trial Advocacy covers the fundamentals up through advanced trial skills and strategies.  The book presents excellent trial persuasion principles, state-of-the-art technology, and ethical boundaries for trial lawyers.  An accompanying DVD contains a trial demonstration movie with model performances by experienced trial lawyers and observations by Ann Rule, well-known author of true crime books.  Also, the DVD contains a tour of the crime scene and trial visual animations.  View a trailer for the trial demonstration movie and a clip from the crime scene tour.

The completely new Trial Advocacy: Assignments and Case Files book provides 84 role-playing assignments in both a criminal homicide and a related civil wrongful death case.  Ideal for experiential learning in the the law school classroom or for in-house training.  This Assignments book can be used as either  a companion to Trial Advocacy: Planning, Analysis & Strategy (chapters cross-reference directly to the Assignments book) or used alone, for  trial performance exercises.  A CD contains case files for these assignments. Teacher's Manual (228 pages) along with Actors' Guide (witness instructions for role-play assignments) also provided. 

NEW February 2010, Pretrial Advocacy: Planning, Analysis, and Strategy, Third Edition, provides a solid conceptual and practical foundation for pretrial litigation.   It examines all aspects of pretrial litigation, such as case analysis, motions, witness interviewing, pleading, discovery, taking and defending depositions, ethical responsibilities, and ADR.  The book includes 78 role-playing assignments in criminal and civil cases.  The text utilizes ground-breaking technology, including a CD and a DVD (taking a deposition and using it in trial), visuals and a tour of the scene - Garage tavern - with real-life examples, software and documents. New to the 3rd Edition: E-discovery updated and expanded; Rule changes incorporated; ADR advocacy skills explored in depth and internet searches for free, inexpensive and reliable information.  















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NEW- Pretrial Advocacy 3rd Edition

Pretrial Advocacy, Planning, Analysis and Strategy 3rd Edition was just released by Aspen Publications.

The great appeal of Pretrial Advocacy is its consistently accessible method of teaching concepts and practical aspects of pretrial litigation in a manner that reflects the real-world practice of law.

PRETRIAL ADVOCACY features:

        DVD including videos on how to take a deposition and used it in trial, new mediation videos, settlement documentary, tour of the crime scene, and computer animations

        Case files for civil wrongful death and criminal homicide cases on a CD that comes with free trial advocacy

        78 assignments for student role-play skills performances

NEW to the third edition: paragraph

        E-discovery is updated and expanded

        Internet searches to locate free or inexpensive reliable information

        ADR advocacy expanded and explored in depth and

        Rule changes are incorporated into third edition